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THANK GOD IT’S OVER

January-12 2009
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Magazine | Jan 12, 2009    
   My Native Place

Roots

Men and women who have travelled far and wide to chase their dreams talk about the place or, more often, the places, that are inextricably linked to their sense of who they are and where they belong

ESSAY

MUKUL KESAVAN

No Place Like Home

In location and language, I was more an Agrawal from Delhi than an Iyengar from Mysore

ESSAY

MARK TULLY

Rooting For Home

In humans, as in plants, roots grow deeper if left to grow in one place, untransplanted

ESSAY

RAMA BIJAPURKAR

Going Native In Bits

'Back home' was always going to be a problematic place. And not just because it was not one place.

MY NATIVE PLACE

PRAKASH KARAT

Monks & Football

The Marxist leader tells Smita Gupta about growing up in Rangoon in the 1950s

SMITA GUPTA

ESSAY

PRASOON JOSHI

Mountain-Spirited

Kumaon and its people are forever a watercolour memory, much like its mild sunlight

ESSAY

LEELA SAMSON

Patterned Blanket

Three cities have shaped my life, knitting and weaving across each other in little strings

ESSAY

BASHARAT PEER

Beyond Your Doors

Arrivals, departures. A little bit of Seer and the Valley and the distance from the world.

ESSAY

EBRAHIM ALKAZI

Background Colour

I might not have gone back to my native place—Poona—but it has always stayed with me.

ESSAY

JASWANT SINGH

Jasoldiering On

"So deep-rooted in me is my birthplace, I take Rajasthan with me wherever I go"

ESSAY

VISWANATHAN ANAND

Sterling Rd Meetings

Time touches a city after its own manner, often unaiding memory. Still, I remain a Chennai boy.

ESSAY

JUG SURAIYA

Calcutta Chromosome

The city casts a spell so deep, the chronic attack of nostalgia transcends time and space

ESSAY

BELINDA WRIGHT

The Belonging Heart

"Calcutta, Delhi, and then Madhya Pradesh—but home will always be a place in India"

ESSAY

ARNAB GOSWAMI

The Soil Beckons

The years in other cities have only strengthened my sense of belonging to my roots in Assam

MY NATIVE PLACE

GILANI FAMILY

Sweet Smell Of Home

Namrata Joshi accompanies the Gilanis from Pakistan on their homecoming to Masanian

NAMRATA JOSHI

   Thank God It`s Over

GOODBYE 2008

VINOD MEHTA

Sweet Uses Of Adversity

How can I conjure up a rainbow? We are looking for a sliver of hope... a sort of CMP of optimism.

ESSAY

RAMACHANDRA GUHA

The Great Indian Chaos Theory

Was this the worst year experienced by India (and Indians) since the country was founded? Our annus horribilis?

REWIND

Polity 2008

Was there a defining trend? The assembly polls, N-deal's passage, Right to Education Bill, youth in public life...

The High Point...
...And The Nadir
Prediction For '09
Person(s) Of The Year

REWIND

Economy 2008

Defining trend of the year? The global financial crisis? Singur?

The High Point...
...And The Nadir
Prediction For '09
Person(s) Of The Year

REWIND

Foreign 2008

Indo-US Nuke deal as the defining trend? Bilateral educational exchange agreement? The long list of terrorist attacks? Global financial meltdown?

The High Point...
...And The Nadir
Prediction For '09
Person(s) Of The Year

REWIND

Society 2008

Young cinema? Reality TV? The IPL? Demand for education? Amplification of violence on TV? Environment consciousness?

The High Point...
...And The Nadir
Prediction For '09
Person(s) Of The Year

BOOKS 2008

Dear Reader, A Handsel

Check out the reading list of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, LK Advani and an eminent galaxy of persons from all spheres



IMAGES

Friends, Lend Me a Year

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." You can say that about most years. But 2008? Thank God, it's over...



Protests 2008

Everybody, it seemed, was entitled to his own, personalised, custom-made notion of victimhood

TGIO

Quotes 2008

"Leezza, my darling Black African woman...." 



REWIND

Oh, Just Changed My Mind

No, it was not a case of the best lacking all conviction... Er, yes, no... but then, well, isn't consistency the virtue of an ass?

EQUATION OF INDIA

India - Bharat = Nothing

The algebra of infinite idiocy. Sandeep Adhwaryu puts his pen's nib on why we invented the zero.

TGIO

And Hardy Won Laurels

We are like this only. It happens only in India.

DEBARSHI DASGUPTA

REWIND

Songs Sung True

There were some small pockets of cheer and life-affirming stories too...

DEBARSHI DASGUPTA

The Insult Exchange

*#$@! Bashi-Bazouks! Brutes! Ectoplasms! Nikamma! Mother****** from Shivaji Park! Disgusting! Nauseating! Dog!

L.K. Advani Vs Manmohan Singh
Raj Thackeray Vs Abu Azmi
Rajeev Chandrasekhar (And Others) Vs Oscar Fernandes
Salman Rushdie Vs Arundhati Roy
Harbhajan Singh Vs Sreesanth
Salman Khan Vs Shahrukh Khan
Ekta Kapoor Vs Star Plus



Dubious Distinctions

Our yearly Roll of Dishonour. Please tell us the ones we missed -- make up your own awards and send in your nominations.



Glitterati 2008

Flashbulbs held the indelible moments on screen and beyond




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